What was that thing that finally tipped you over the edge, from wanting to lose weight but being kind of half hearted, to being sick of your weight and shredding it?
I can remember one day something clicked in my head - I have no idea what triggered it lol - but I realised that I was the one making the bad choices. I somehow got a sense of being the only one holding myself back because I was always lying to myself and making excuses as to why it's all too hard.
One day I woke up and decided I was going to do it and stop making it such a big deal and I did. It sounds so silly but I really was the only one holding myself back - I just needed to stop blaming everything else and take some responsibility.
I wish I knew how that happened coz I would totally write a book if I did lol
Looking at my sister thinking how badly she needed to lose weight. A week later seeing a picture of us side by side & realising i was the fatter sister. Kicked me right into gear joined weight watchers the very same day & stuck with it.
Goodluck on your weight loss journey while its tough its worth it when u see/feel ithe results
I yo-yo a bit, but quite a few things motivate me, like knowing my dad has type2 diabetes, that I want to be healthy for my kids, that I am not getting younger, seeing photos of myself at Christmas when I thought I looked ok but actually looked 5 mths pg, and knowing that I feel 10000% percent better when I am exercising regularly and at a lighter weight.
Good luck hun - the Diet and Weight Loss chatter thread is great - a bit quiet at times but there is always someone around to cheer you on and motivate you. xoxo
I was staring down the barrell of IVF, trying ttc # 2 and just getting unhealthier and unfitter. I started exercising then thought why the heck am I doing all that exercise but still filling my body with crap?! I then thought of food as fuel.... I was living to eat not eating to live ITMS?
I don't know. I was asked this last week and I feel like I should know, but I don't. I feel like I am 'there' this time... but I'm not sure why. Maybe just the fact that I am heavier than I have ever been (but that has been progressively the case for the last few years) - it's impossible to ignore it anymore.
I saw a pic of myself. I have never liked the way I look in pics, so much so that I never actually look at the pic. I just shrug it off as been another bad pic of me. But the most recent pic, I actually looked at it, I looked at the way I looked, I saw what others saw. And I did not like it one bit. I realised that I dont like the current me, and I need to change that.
Also as I get rid of the stresses in my life, I am losing weight, I know that I am happier without the stress in my life, and with that I am losing the weight that was caused by those stresses.
When DD was 4 months old I said to myself 'enoughs enough, you look awful and feel terrible'. I lost 20kg, and looked skinny. Then got UTD again, was put on bedrest for 4months and gained 30kg.....i've got 10-12kg more to go, but i'm where you're at now. I need to find that 'thing' to make me determined and discipline....I need to commit, yet im commitment phobic......crikey!
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What was your 'why'?
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